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Today, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)more than $26 million in funding forÌý through its program.

Classified as: big-data research, School of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Sustainability, The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Published on: 16 May 2024

Leveraging gamers and video game technology can dramatically boost scientific research according to a new study published today in .

Classified as: citizen science, biomendical research, School of Computer Science, Borderlands Science, 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ; School of Computer Science; Research; Jerome Waldispuhl; Health; Microbes
Published on: 15 Apr 2024

A team of computer scientists, including Claude Crépeau of 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ and physicist colleagues from the University of Geneva, have developed an extremely secure identity verification method based on the fundamental principle that information cannot travel faster than the speed of light. The breakthrough has the potential to greatly improve the security of financial transactions and other applications requiring proof of identity online.

Classified as: School of Computer Science, Claude Crepeau
Published on: 3 Nov 2021

, Assistant Professor of Software Engineering at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ'sÌýSchool of Computer Science, was awardedÌý$382,020 in research funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation'sÌý program to study and improveÌýthe usability of large-userbase scientific open source software through early engagement of software users.

Classified as: grant, School of Computer Science, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Better Software for Science program
Published on: 10 Aug 2021

Today Genome Quebec announced the results of its Genomic Integration Program, Human Health Stream competition. Five 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ teams from a diverse array of fields were awarded funds, totaling nearly $1 million. One of the defining features of this program is the requirement that institutional applicants must also have an external non-academic partner, thus supporting program goals of stimulating the Quebec economy and encouraging the use of genomic technologies in the Quebec healthcare system.

Classified as: 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ News, Genome Québec, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Maureen McKeague, Department of Chemistry, Macdonald Campus, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Peter Siegel, Paul J. Thomassin, Jerome Waldispuhl, School of Computer Science, department of anatomy and cell biology, agricultural economics program
Published on: 21 Jun 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming our world in powerful ways, from improving medical care and changing the retail landscape to enabling convenient features on our smartphones. But as AI increasingly underpins our daily lives, important questions about its application – and potential misuse – will continue to arise.

Classified as: 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ News, Made by 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ, bmo, artificial intelligence (AI), Derek Ruths, School of Computer Science, max bell school of public policy, Nicholas King, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, department of social studies of medicine
Published on: 16 Jun 2021

Apple rolled out a software update for its mobile devices that gives users the option of stopping apps from tracking their location and sharing other identifying information with third parties. Services such as Facebook and others currently have the ability to track users on mobile devices in order to learn more about them to target advertisements and other location-based services to them. In some instances, the tracking is in place even if the user is not actively using the app in question.

Classified as: 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ experts, Apple, iPhone, Data Privacy, big data, Facebook, Google, Allen Mendelsohn, Faculty of Law, Grant McKenzie, Department of Geography, Ignacio Cofone, Renee Sieber, Bieler School of Environment, Privacy Law, School of Computer Science
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Published on: 29 Apr 2021

By Meaghan Thurston

For Joelle Pineau, becoming a medical doctor was—in her words—not in the cards. However, this Associate Professor from 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ`s School of Computer Science is now the driving force behind promising research whose aim is to use AI to improve the treatment of cancer and heart disease.

Classified as: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Artificial intelligence, Research, School of Computer Science, personalized medicine, Genome
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Published on: 1 May 2018

Facebook is opening a new Artificial Intelligence Research Lab in Montreal — FAIR Montreal. This is the company’s first research and development investment in Canada, and only its fourth AI research lab in all. Prof. Joelle Pineau, from the School of Computer Science and co-director of 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ’s Reasoning & Learning Lab, will head the new Montreal AI lab while maintaining her academic position at the university.

Classified as: Facebook, Artificial intelligence, joelle pineau, School of Computer Science, science and technology
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Published on: 15 Sep 2017
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